Midlands’ showbiz entrepreneur Barry Tomes has denied that he has been ditched from representing Benefits Street star White Dee following a social media row.

White Dee - real name Dierdre Kelly - tweeted that she wanted Tomes to stop claiming he was the James Turner Street resident's agent.

Dee posted on Twitter: “I haven’t got an agent.” And in another post soon after she wrote: “I wish you would stop claiming to be my agent” in an outburst over a Birmingham Mail story where PR man Tomes explained he had been in discussions with the Department of Work and Pensions about his client’s benefits.

When pressed further if Tomes was still representing her and what he did for her, Dee replied: “Gives me a headache.”